Ethiopia: what’s at issue in the Somali region of Ogaden?
Ogaden, or the Somali region, is a remote area of Ethiopia – little known by much of the world.
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East Africa: A Crucible of U.S. Diplomacy, Development, and Strategic Challenges
From Cold War strategies to counterterrorism and development U.S. policy in East Africa must do better to balance security and sustainability. East Africa, comprising nations such as Ethiopia, Kenya, ...
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US should avoid past mistakes during its foreign interventions
US forces conducted airstrikes in Somalia's Golis Mountains, targeting IS operatives. Trump announced that these precision ...
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The making of Afar
Africa is broken. It is being dissected by the famous East African Rift which extends over a length of 5000 km along the eastern side of Africa and seems poised to destroy Africa as we know it.
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‘We’re not pirates’, say hijackers who seized Chinese ship off Somali coast
*The names of the hijackers are pseudonyms on condition of speaking to Al Jazeera. Mogadishu, Somalia – Liban Hassan* has spent most of his adult life fishing off Somalia’s northeast coast ...
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‘For Ethiopia’s heritage’: War hero’s family fights to reclaim stolen medal
Amaha Kassa’s grandfather was the last remaining commander who bravely rallied troops and fought back when the Italians invaded and briefly colonised Ethiopia in 1935. Four decades earlier, the ...
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We Need To Talk About The Brocks
If you buy into the hype, it seems like the Minnesota Wild have uncovered the NHL's latest market inefficiency: Dudes from Minnesota named Brock. It's easy to see why the Wild would be into that.